• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.302-307
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• 2011

Laser surface texturing (LST) methods are widely applied recently to reduce friction and improve reliability of machine components such as thrust bearings, mechanical face seals and piston rings, etc. In this paper, numerical analysis is carried out to investigate the effect of number of dimples on the lubrication characteristics of parallel thrust bearing using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, FLUENT. Pressure distributions of present analysis are physically consistent than those obtained from numerical analysis of Reynolds equation. The overall lubrication characteristics are highly affected by number of dimples and their locations. The results can be use in design of optimum dimple characteristics to improve thrust bearing performance and further researches are required.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.338-343
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• 2011

Laser surface texturing (LST) methods are widely applied now to reduce friction and improve reliability of machine components such as thrust bearings, mechanical face seals and piston rings, etc. In this paper, the effect of dimple shapes on the lubrication characteristics of parallel thrust bearing are studied using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, FLUENT. Pressure and streamline distributions, variations of supporting load, leakage flow rate and friction force, are compared for three different dimple sectional shapes such as circle, pyramid and rectangle type. The lubrication characteristics are highly affected by dimple shapes and number of dimples. The pyramid type dimple shape can support the highest load while the rectangle type is the best in friction reduction.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2009

The spools in most hydraulic spool type control valve have several circumferential grooves to pre-vent well known hydraulic locking problems which result in high friction force and excessive wear. In this paper, a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, FLUENT is used to investigate the flow and lubrication characteristics of grooved hydraulic spool valve. The stream lines and pressure distributions are obtained for various groove cross sectional shapes and film thicknesses. The stream lines are highly affected by groove cross sectional shape but pressure distributions mainly depend on the film shape and its magnitude. Therefore the numerical method adopted in this paper and results can be use in designing of various grooved spool valve.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.302-308
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• 2005

구조가 복잡한 챔버의 온도분포와 유속변화를 연구하였다. 압축성 혹은 비압축성 유체, 층류 혹은 난류의 유속변화를 모델링 할 수 있는 FLUENT 프로그램으로 모사실험을 하였다. 챔버의 구조는 매우 복잡하여 단순화한 구조를 표준 $\kappa-\varepsilon$ 모델과 RNG $\kappa-\varepsilon$ 난류 모델 모사 실험하였다. 평가지역의 온도편차가 적은 것이 중요하다. 본 연구에서 얻은 챔버 내부의 온도분포와 유속변화 자료를 챔버의 제어 알고리즘을 향상하는 제공하였다. 개선된 제어 알고리즘을 이용하여 실제계에 적용한 결과 평가지역의 온도편차가 매우 개선되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권7호
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• pp.1776-1783
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• 2019

To accurately analyze the accidents in nuclear reactors, a thermohydraulic-neutronic coupling calculation is required to solve fluid dynamics and nuclear reactor kinetics equations in fine cells simultaneously and evaluate the local effects of neutronic and thermohydraulic parameters on each other. In the present study, a 3D thermohydraulic-neutronic coupling model is developed, validated and then applied for Isfahan MNSR (Miniature Neutron Source reactor) safety analysis. The proposed model is developed using FLUENT software and user defined functions (UDF) are applied to simulate the neutronic behavior of MNSR. The validation of the proposed model is first evaluated using 1mk reactivity insertion experiment into Isfahan MNSR core. Then, the developed coupling code is applied for a design basis accident (DBA) scenario analysis with the insertion of maximum allowed cold core reactivity of 4 mk. The results show that the proposed model is able to predict the behavior of the reactor core under normal and accident conditions with a good accuracy.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.547-556
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• 2010

항공기의 안전성 확보 및 투하되는 탄의 정확도 증대를 위한 새로운 개념의 활공비행체 개발이 많은 기업에서 진행 중에 있다. 항공기의 장착 공간 및 활공거리 증대를 고려하여 세장비가 큰 전개되는 날개를 채택하는 것이 일반적이다. 큰 세장비의 날개 구조물은 상대적으로 낮은 강성에 의하여 과도한 탄성변형 뿐 아니라 플러터 발생의 가능성이 높아지게 된다. 본 연구는 큰 세장비 날개에 대하여 유체-공력 연계기법을 이용, 구조변형에 의한 공력특성의 변화 및 플러터 발생가능성에 대하여 검토하였다. 공기력 계산을 위하여 FLUENT 코드가 구조 동특성 해석을 위하여 ABAQUS 상용코드가 사용되었으며, 국부지지 방사기저함수로 구성된 Code-bridge를 이용한 입력 자료의 보간 및 사상을 수행하였다. 해석 결과 고려된 활공 조건에서 구조 변형에 의한 공력 특성의 변화가 발생하는 것이 관측되었으며, 이에 의한 진동도 계속적으로 발생되는 것으로 표현되었다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제39권9호
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• pp.823-831
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• 2011

항공기 탑재 장비의 발달에 따라서 기존 운용 중인 항공기에 새로이 개발된 외부장착물을 추가하거나 교체하는 경우가 빈번히 발생하고 있다. 외부 장착물의 추가 및 변경은 기존 항공기의 전체적인 공력특성을 심각하게 변화시킬 수 있다. 따라서 요구되는 장착물 배열, 형상에 따른 유동 및 공탄성 현상의 파악은 항공기 개발단계 및 항공무장의 추가적인 개발 시 필수적으로 요구된다. 본 연구는 유체-공력 연계기법을 이용, 외부장착물의 형상에 따른 F-5 항공기 수평미익의 공탄성 특성변화에 대하여 검토하였다. 공기력 계산을 위하여 FLUENT 코드를, 구조 동특성 해석을 위하여 ABAQUS 코드를 사용하였으며, 전역지지 방사기저함수를 적용한 Code-bridge를 이용하여 입력 자료의 보간 및 사상을 수행하였다. 해석 결과 고려된 비행조건에서 외부장착물의 형상에 따른 수평미익의 공탄성 특성에 미소한 차이는 있었으나 플러터는 발생하지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to assess approaches to modeling coal gasification and combustion in general purpose CFD codes. Coal gasification and combustion involve complex multiphase flows and chemical reactions with strong influences of turbulence and radiation. CFD codes would treat coal particles as a discrete phase and gas species are considered as a continuous phase. An approach to modeling coal reaction in $FLUENT^{(R)}$, selected in this study as a typical commercial CFD code, was evaluated including its devolatilization, gas phase reactions, and char oxidation, turbulence, and radiation submodels. CFD studies in the literature were reviewed to show the uncertainties and limitations of the results. Therefore, the CFD analysis gives useful information, but the results should be carefully interpreted based on understandings on the uncertainties associated with the modelings of coal gasification and combustion.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2001년도 추계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.37-43
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• 2001

The methods of atmospheric boundary layer generation in test section were reviewed. To utilize conventional aerodynamic wind tunnels as atmospheric wind tunnels, boundary layer growth should be accelerated. To achieve this, improvement of boundary layer generation devices is required and it might be done by CFD. In this respect, CFD application cases in boundary generation devices were reviewed and potential areas were considered. Some cases are tried by Fluent 5 code.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2002년도 학술대회지
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• pp.415-418
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• 2002

Numerical study on the advection in a microchannel with multi blocks has been performed. the microchannel is simulated three-dimensionally using a commercial fluid analysis code, FLUENT 6.0. Geometric factors of blocks are used in analysing the mixing effect. the numerical results show that the height of blocks in the channel is a key factor. Further study is required to investigate mixing effect of the microchamel with various shapes.